Combined container and display tray



July 13 1926.A

A: T. CONNELLY COMBINED (SONTAINER AND DISPLAY TRAY .Filed July 13, 1922KQ A Y Patented July 13, 1926.

UNITED *STATES PA rs NT :o F Fic ARTHUR T. ConrrnnIiY,` on AUiaUnNDALE,MASSACHUSETTS, AssTGNOnTO UNITED DRUG COMPANY, 'OF BOSTON,-MnssACHUsETTs, A CORPORATION. n

COMBINED yCONT-ninna Ann DISPLAY TRAY.

.Application filed `J'uly .13,

Y packaged vunits in a large container holding possibly live, siX, ten,o r twentyfive pounds of confectionery.Y Undergthese conditions thecover ofeachof the .top layer of packages has been removed and thepackages set up in display position; ,011e of the difficulties.encountered in this method of 'displaying merchandise isthat as-thepackages are sold the display level recedes to the interior of the boxwherethe prominence of the "display is to some extent modified. .Anotherobj-ection is that the dispenser is robliged to remove one of .thedisplayfboxesin'order to get atthe remainderof the stock and then returnthe VVdisplay package .to position.

The present invention has `for its object the provisionofA .veryinexpen'sivefand simple means forsupportinga'.number of packages indisplay tpositionin a containeror storage pocket Afrom .which similarpackages 4'may be quickly and conveniently Aremoved for sale.Uthenobjects will be-inpart obvious and 1in part `pointed-outparticularly hereinafter.

The Vinvention accordingly consists in the various ,features ofconstruction,- combination of'relemen'ts' and arrangements of parts,which Willfbe exemplified by the vconstruction hereinafter set. ,forth:and the lscope of the application of .which will be indicated bytheappended claims.

Referring now to the/drawing wherein is shownone of various possibleembodiments ofthe invention: j 1

Fig. .l is a lplan view of .my .combined storage vand display device.

F ig. 2 is a View in vertical central section of the' display deviceshownin F ig. 1, illustrated with the packages in positions of storageand display as in actual use.`

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a container body isshown as consisting of the base 10,-upstanding side walls 11 and 12,front wall 13 and a connecting member, or strut, 14, which joins the twoupstanding side walls at the rearof the oon- 1922. seriai No. 574,767. l

play device has kbeen devised particnlarly1v withv the idea of providingacombined display and storage capacity which :shall be equal to thecapacity of the original carton, or box, in whichthe-so-called bulkconfectionery is'shipped. For example, in connection With the presentyillustrative embodiment, it will be noted that there are twelvepackages. Each one of these packages .is put` up .according to definiteweight, size .and shape. lThe `Weightfof each package issoine fixedaliquot factor of the aggregate `weight ofall the packages.. A.Asforexample, ifthe aggregate weight is siX pounds,.each `package lhasaweight-of onehal'f pound.r Thefsizelof the packages is such that theymay `be ..rranged in `the voriginal shipping .carton yin threestacks,lfour packages Yto a stackjpacked snugly to completely'.Y k.fillthe shipping fcon# tainer. rlhen according to the present enibodiment ofthe invention, if `ythreeof the` packages are larranged in the' `displayportion ofthe container, the remainderof the' of the box toward therear. e To feach sidey wvall l fix anangle member 13a extending inparallelism .with the top edge ofthe lwall e and in `'Opposed .relationto each other. One

facevof eachangle member serves asfafineans foi securing the same to itsyside wall and the other face of each Vangle member :projects A,

inwardly constituting a shelf `upon which the individual packages may`be supportedr in inclined fashion. i Periodically lportionsof the anglemembers are turned into provide opposed stops 14a serving as points 'ofregistration for the front wall ofthe packages.

This invention Ahas particular application. in carrying out a new ideaof merchandising socalled bulk confectionery, which idea,rasherei-nbefore briefly. explained, involves fthe packaging of`confectionery in :inexpensive fractional Weight units, each one ofwhich is an aliquot factor of the total weight of all the packages.Inasmuch as the size and weight of the different pieces of confectioneryvary over a substantial range, it is necessary at times to increase theheight of the package and sometimes the width. The length, however, ismaintained substantially ico uniform. For this reason the angle membersare arranged suitably below the iop edges of the upstanding side wallsand the stops leipermit variation in the widthwise dimension of thepackages without destroying the appearance of uniformity in arrangement.Each package is constructed with a cover l5 which, Jfor displaypurposes, is removed and telescoped with the base of the box 1G. Thenthe packages have been arranged in display position, a glass plate l islaid in over the boxes and is held against displacement by the extendingportions of the side and frontV falls. Tvii/There it is necessary, onaccount of the size or weiO'ht of the confectionery, to arrange the samein a deeper box, the present display apparatus readily adjusts itselr"to suoli variation in dimension. lt will also be seen 'from inspectionor Fig. 2 that the boX may be made with a wide range oivariationwidthwise without destroying the uniform appearance of the displayedmerchandise. lilith the packages arranged in the display chamber all ofthe remaining packages which were shipped in the original carton may belocated in the storage chamber bclow, as shown clearly in 2, and theseare accessible 'for delivery by reason of the tact that the container isopen at the rear end. The iront wall is constructed with upper and lowerclips 2O constituting means tor holding a card of printed matter and thecross strnt la is provided with clips 2l providing for the removablemounting of a display card.

Having described the invention, what l ciaim is:

l. ln a storage and display device, a container body having front,bottom and side walls with open top and back, an angle inember attachedto the inner side of each side wall near the top edge or" the said sidewall, and inwardly turned stops on the said angle members.

2. In a storage and display device, a container body having front,bottom and side walls with open top and back, an angle member attachedto the inner side ot each side wall near the top edge oi' the said sidewall and inclined upwardly from the front of the body toward the rear,and inwardly turned stops on the said angle members.

3. ln a storage and display device, a container body having front,bottom and sideV walls with open top and back, an angle member attachedto the inner side of each side wall near the top edge of the said sidewall and inwardly turned and opposed stops on the said angle members.

Ll. In a storage and display device, a conainer body having front,bottom and side walls with open top and back, an angle meinber attachedto the inner side of each side wall near the top edge of the said sidewall, and inclined upwardly from the iront of the body toward the rear,and inwardly turned and opposed stops on the said angle members.

5. In a storage and display device, a conrainer body having front,bottom and side walls with open top and baclr, an angle member attachedby its upper leg to the inner side oiu each side wall near the top edgeof the said side wall and inclined upwardly from the iront of the bodytoward the rear, the lower leg of the said angle member extendinginwardly at right angles to the side wall, and angular stops extendinginwardly from the upper legs ot each of the said angle members and abovethe lower leg thereof.

6. In a storage and display device, a container body having front,bottom and side walls with open top and back, an angle member attachedby its upper leg to the inner side of each side wall near the top edgeorn the said side wall and inclined upwardly from the front of the bodytoward the rear, the lower leg of the said angle member eX- tendinginwardly at right angles to the side wall, and angular stops arranged inopposed pairs and extending inwardly from the upper legs ot each of thi`said angle members and above the lower leg thereof.

7. In a storage and display device, a container body having front,bottom and side walls with `open top and back, an angle member attachedby its upper leg to the inner side of each side wall near the top edgeof the said side wall and inclined upwardly from the front of the bodytoward the rear, the lower leg of the said angle member eX- tendinginwardly at right angles to the side wall, angular stops arranged inopposed pairs and extending inwardly from the upper legs of each of thesaid angle members and above the lower leg thereof, and a strutconnecting the upper portions of the rear oi" the side walls, the upperportions of the iront wall, side walls and the strut cooperating withthe said lower legs of the angle members in forming an enclosure forholdin@ a series of packages therein.

ARTHUR T. CONNELLY.

